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Can Big Automakers Be Trusted With Big Data?
"“It's not just that automated vehicles will be supercomputers,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina who stud…
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Politicians worldwide raise questions about Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook data
"“What they did was a straightforward strategy already used by advertisers selling toothpaste and shoes,” said Ben Scott, an outside technology adviser to…
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Visiting professors express concerns on how big data, mass surveillance will affect criminal justice system
"Hu delivered a presentation on big data and cyberspace in the criminal justice system. Hu said the government uses mass surveillance to gather data on pe…
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Big Brother on wheels: Why your car company may know more about you than your spouse.
"The law has been unable to keep up with rapid advancements in auto technology, according to Ryan Calo, an associate professor of law at the University of…
Trusting Big Data Research
ABSTRACT Although it might puzzle or even infuriate data scientists, suspicion about big data is understandable. The concept does not seem promising to most pe…
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Beware – your anonymous web history can be linked to you via Facebook, Twitter and Reddit
""Users may assume they are anonymous when they are browsing a news or a health website, but our work adds to the list of ways in which tracking compa…
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Your 'anonmyized' web browsing history may not be anonymous
""It is already known that some companies, such as Google and Facebook, track users online and know their identities," said Arvind Narayanan, an…
Data Confidential
It’s nearly impossible to know if you're having a truly private, unmonitored conversation today. Big data and online communications open the door for widesp…
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Big data sellers fail to hide personal information, say funds
"But there is no overarching US privacy law to protect consumers, with standards set individually by different states, industries and even companies, accor…
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Apple Tries to Peek at User Habits Without Violating Privacy
"One reason that differential privacy hasn’t been adopted more widely is that it is difficult to get right. “It’s not quite something you can deploy in a p…
Trusting Big Data Research
Abstract: Although it might puzzle or even infuriate data scientists, suspicion about big data is understandable. The concept doesn’t seem promising to most pe…
Raw Data- Episode 1: Uploaded
In this first episode, Mike and I explore how your simplest digital footprints – fragments of Google searches, Facebook likes, and innocuous tweets – can expose…